Cookbook:Tabouli

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Cookbook | Recipes | Middle Eastern cuisine | Vegan cuisine | Salad

This is a fairly simple recipe for this sweet, chewy Mediterranean salad. Everyone who makes it has a different variation.

[edit] Ingredients

• 1/4 cup bulgur
• 1 bunch fresh parsley (preferably flat leaf), finely chopped
• 1/2 bunch fresh mint leaves, finely chopped
• 1 large diced tomato
• 1 small chopped onion
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• ½ tsp salt, or to taste
• ½ tsp pepper, or to taste

[edit] Procedure

1. Place the bulgur in the lemon juice and set aside for 15 minutes.
2. When the bulgur is soft, mix all the ingredients: bulgur, parsley, mint, tomato, onion. lemon juice, salt and pepper. Add olive oil last, and toss well. You may need to add lemon juice if needed.

[edit] Notes, tips, and variations

Tabouli is delicious when fresh. The flavor deteriorates if you allow it to sit for some time.